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Aroused: how hormones control us

Guest: Randi Hutter Epstein We blame a lot on our hormones – weight gain, sex drive, sleep loss, mood swings, i ...

Air Date: September 3, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Philadelphia’s Health Center #1 at Broad and Lombard streets. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

STDs are up in Philadelphia, across the country

Some of the increase can be attributed to lax protection habits.

7 years ago

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Entomologist Anne Nielsen looks for stink bugs on Rutgers University experimental peach orchard in Bridgeton, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Asian wasp’s arrival in S. Jersey brings hope to scientists, farmers fighting stink bugs

It looks harmless, but the samurai wasp is a skillful warrior.

7 years ago

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Lewes residents have been alerted about elevated lead levels in their drinking water. (WHYY file)
Health

Lewes residents alerted about elevated lead levels in tapwater

The public should be mindful — but health concerns are minimal.

7 years ago

Doctors are working to prescribe fewer opioids in Delaware. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo, File)
Health

Delaware hospital curtails opioid prescriptions in effort to combat addiction

Christiana Care has cut opioid prescribing by as much as half in some departments by adopting guidelines and best practices for post-surgical recovery.

7 years ago

Aerial view of Graterford State Prison in Southeastern Pennsylvania. (Chris Gardner/AP Photo)
Health

Pa. locks down all prisons after a surge in staff illnesses

Pa.'s state prisons are on lockdown after staff members required treatment in recent weeks from exposure to a yet-unidentified substance described as a liquid synthetic drug.

7 years ago

The Horsham Air Guard Station in Bucks County, Pa. where the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has been linked with contamination of local water supplies. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Health

Advocates say PFAS bills would tighten federal control over chemicals

Legislation aims to improve detection, spur cooperation between federal and state governments.

7 years ago

Photographs of marijuana plants are on the wall during an open house and media availability for the opening of CY+ Medical marijuana Dispensary, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 in Butler, Pa.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Radio Times
Health

Medical marijuana in Pa.

Guests: Steve Twedt, Marcel Bonn-Miller, Shalawn James Medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania more than ...

Air Date: August 29, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
A billboard on Callowhill Street is part of Philadelphia's campaign in support of breastfeeding features a photo taken by Vanessa A. Simmons of a city woman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

To promote breastfeeding among women of color, Philly campaign features black moms

Philadelphia's Department of Public Health has launched a new campaign to promote breastfeeding, especially among women of color.

7 years ago

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A tinted transmission electron micrograph of Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria (light purple/black) inside a cell. Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S., with more than 1.7 million reported cases in 2017. (Biomedical Imaging Unit, Southampton General Hospital/Science Source)
NPR
Health

Record high number of STD infections in U.S., as prevention funding declines

"It is time that President Trump and Secretary Azar declare STDs in America a public health crisis."

7 years ago

NPR
Health

Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths In Puerto Rico, independent study estimates

Independent researchers from George Washington University have estimated that Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico in the six months following the storm.

7 years ago

The rabies virus. A Delaware woman died last week from the disease. It was the first human case in the state since a boy died in 1941. (Via shutterstock)
Health

First confirmed human rabies death reported in Delaware since 1941

It’s been 77 years since Delaware had a confirmed human death from rabies; the second in the United States this year.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Health

Mental health and black communities

Guests: Delane Casiano, Karriem Salaam, Howard Stevenson African Americans are more likely to report mental healt ...

Air Date: August 27, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
Skytalk
Science

Listen to “Lune”

NASA Science Visualization Labs’ Ernie Wright has created a beautiful visual compliment to De Bussey’s classic piano composition, ...

Air Date: August 27, 2018

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Nutritionist Nyree Dardarian ate McDonald's food for three meals a day for a month. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

To prove a point, Drexel prof goes on monthlong McDonald’s diet

She says the 2004 movie 'Super Size Me' sent the wrong message, and she wants to destigmatize fast food.

7 years ago

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